Note that the lock, although it's bypassing the "chain of locks" it isn't latched. As if to say, "I didn't mean it." That's why I used the term "dummylock." See below.

No AT&T but a tenant who insists on having their own lock on this gate. You have to go through three gates. They don't seem to mind that they have the same key to the tower fence gate as we do.

Maybe he just doesn't like our combination!

Having said that, their lock has saved the day a time or two (when put back properly) when our lock froze up but theirs opened. We have the combo's to both. Which makes the whole thing even sillier.

OPPD has been trusted with the combination, but has a different combination for the security keypad. They're also supposed to call me when they enter and when they leave the site but that doesn't always happen. Fortunately, with new security setups, I get emails when they go in and go out so it's obvious if they failed to arm the system on exit and who is to blame.

OTOH, we are the lessors at an MUD site. Went in there the other week to check on things in the CE's absence. The gate was open and someone was doing some work for the utility and was ready to leave as I got out of my car. He asked if he should leave it open for me. I said no, but he said, "I'll dummy lock it for you." Believe it or not, that's when I learned the terminology. I stumbled across the picture, taken a few years ago, just the other night and didn't realize at first that the bypassing lock wasn't latched until after I uploaded it. Now how dumb is that?

Shane wrote:...OPPD has been trusted with the combination, but has a different combination for the security keypad. They're also supposed to call me when they enter and when they leave the site but that doesn't always happen. Fortunately, with new security setups, I get emails when they go in and go out so it's obvious if they failed to arm the system on exit and who is to blame.